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Finished the rest of Wool as an audiobook to give my eyes a break. That final twist!! I can't wait to read the rest next two books.
I have heard the second is a bit hard going since it goes into the background events and stuff closer to current times, but I'm really curious about what happened now. And today seems like perfect book reading weather!
I watched the tv show first actually and that's what got me to start reading the books. Books are much much better IMO, hands down - except for one or two minor differences (like Bernard's characterisation). I hated Juliette in the tv series...
I can definitely see how it ties in to the lore and motivations. Am just starting Second Shift but I have my guesses about that character from Wool starting with S tying into the developments so far... it seems like a lot of the usual dystopian/post apocalyptic mind control tropes are at play, nothing groundbreaking but still an easy enough read.
I don't read nearly as much of any fiction as I'd like to, let alone sci-fi, but I will say... I am absolutely dying to read Red Side Story coming out in a month's time, the much anticipated (FOURTEEN years!!) sequel to Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde, a very British, surreal take on your usual forbidden-love chosen-one sort of dystopia.
It's not exactly sci fi but I just love the bonkers world building - so much to guess about how everything works, yet it also doesn't take itself too seriously. SoG was the first book I ever borrowed after coming to Australia, randomly picked off a new-releases shelf, and I have gone back so many times in the 14 years since, desperate for more...
Not necessarily everyone's cup of tea but it'll always have a place in my heart!